** Shares of Regions Financial RF.N up 1.7% at $24.39 in
premarket trade
** Co beats quarterly revenue estimates on strong
performance in capital markets activities and wealth management
** Capital markets income jumps ~44% to $92 mln and wealth
management income rises 14.3% to $128 mln from last year
** Net interest income falls 5.7% from the year-ago quarter
to $1.22 bln
** RF posts third-quarter adj. revenue of $1.87 bln vs
analysts' estimates of $1.80 bln - LSEG
** As of last close, RF up ~24% YTD
(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
((Pritam.Biswas@thomsonreuters.com))